Basam Abu Sharif ,an advisor to the late Palestinian President Yaser Arafat has urged Palestinian youth to begin a third intifada and popular strike to force the international community to re-evaluate their position on the zionist state and to strengthen the Palestinian negotiating position.
In a statement to Ma'an News on Saturday( which addressed the Palestinian position in negotiations with the zionists, and the role of the United States in this year's talks), Abu Sharif urged the youth of all of the Palestinian factions to carry out peaceful demonstrations and sit-ins until the end of Ramdan with the aim of igniting a popular intifada and a comprehensive strike demanding "freedom and independence in peaceful ways." If Palestinians resist peacefully en masse, he said "the entire world will become convinced of the necessity to bring justice to the Palestinians."
There is, continued, an unfortunate lack of interest and international support by and for the Palestinian officials. It is the duty of the Palestinian Authority (PA), he said, to put a program in place that will garner support for popular struggle from around the world. Abu Sharif called this proposed intifada the "Independence Intifada." "This intifada will besiege the zionist, and turn the tables on their constant siege on Palestine."This course of action is necessary, according to the statement, since the international response to the zionist tactics to expand settlements and take over Palestinian land with the separation wall, is not strong enough.
The current US peace policies, according to Abu Sharif, "Forget totally the official American stance towards Jerusalem and land confiscation and the construction of the settlements." Officially, Abu Sharif recalled in his statement, "the US rejects the annexation of Jerusalem and land confiscation and it considers zionist settlements illegal in accordance with International resolutions".
From Ma'an
He said that "the silence and carelessness of US officials is a grave mistake." The people who will pay the price, he said, will be the Palestinians.
Abu Sharif called the US peace initiative "very lukewarm," and said that he rejects US President George W. Bush's initiative to establish an independent Palestinian state before the end of his presidential term."The US administration is acting in an ignorant way towards zionist acts in East Jerusalem," said the statement.
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